FITZROY-THURSDAY, APRIL 29. (Before Messrs. Templeton, P.M.; Hailes, Marsden, and Rushall.) George Newman for being drunk when in charge of a horse and dray was fined 10s. Sarah Leslie v. W. M. Clement:--Sum mons of ejectment, Mr. Gillow for plaintiff, and Mr. Elkins for. respondent, who had rented 191 George street, at a weekly rental of 8s. per week, for a term of six' months from October 5th 1874. Ordered to vacate the promises by Monday next. W. A. Stubbs v. Ellis:-Claim for £2. 10s. 8d. due on account of five dresses, which had boon ordered in June last. Verdict for the amount, with 5s. costs. The court adjourned at 10. 55 a.m.

MONDAY, APRIL 26TH. The court opened at ten, when the trial was resumed by the Crown prosecutor: calling- William Thompson who, sworn, deposed -That he is a surgeon at South Yarra, and had studied the results of the exposure of night-soil, which are invariably injurious. and produce dyspepsia, bilious disorders, and scrofula, and when it contains the germs of a specific fever it is the vehicle for converting such germs to other human beings, cholera and typhoid favor more especially. Membranes of the bowels throw off the poison of typhoid through human excreta. It is of a fungoid nature, and has been detected in the human body by means of a microscope. Were night-soil deposited in large quantities at the place indicated on the plan produced the effect would be detrimental to the health of the inhabitants adjacent. Cross-examined by Mr. G. P. Smith:- The exereta of 40,000 people should be made inoffensive; and should be either buried underground at a depth of two foot, or removed to ...

OLLA PODRIDA. The heaviest rain known for years foll at Adelaido, on the 4th instant; and the river is rising at Bourko. I The master tailors in Addlaido having resolved to form a union. Four hundred horses havo boon destroyed by a fire at Foo.holw-foo, in China. Sail potx 'i prevalent at Japan. lCesolutions have been introduced in the Prussian Diet for the suppression of religious orders. The Russian government are about to construot five thousand miles of railway. SThe Romnan Catholio bishops of Germany have convened a conference to consider the action of the government, and the with. drawal of State.aid. 'T'here is a great demand for winter shawls manufactured by the IUrwon Woollen Mill Company. Miss Roso Evans, the actress is dead. The ilunter and flawkeopbury rivers in Now South Wales, mrro flooded. Mr. Black, who built the first theatro Royal in Bourke stroet, Melbourne, in 18S2, has boon elected for the Logan district, northern Queensland. Over 10,000 persons attended the fun...

SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1875. THE SLANDER MANIA. 'CENsURE,' said Dr. JOHNsON, 'is a tax that a man pays to the world for being eminent'; an aphorism which receives daily in Australasia the impress of ratification. Let a colonist, by the force of genius, industry, perseverance, and aptitude attain any prominent position in society, he generally becomes a notable and conspicuous object of scurrility, reproach, and jealousy. He realizes all the practical power of BYRON's celebrated monody upon SHERIDAN, wherein occurs these lines: Hard is his fate on wl?m the public gaze Is fixed for ever to detraot or praise. Repose denies a requiem to his name; And Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame. The late, Mr. ALBERT SaMITH elabo rated upon that opinion when he intro. duced the following passage into his work entitled the "Scattergood Family":-"In the drama, as in literature, a person who stands in one's way, unheeded by, and unknown to the world, beyond bearing the repute of harmless mediocrity, will ev...

. B. FOSTER'S CONCERT. e day ovening Mr. C. B. Foster ret concert in the Town Hall, ,judging by the att6ndanooe, Mr. nfortunatoly cannot be con Whether the result is to boe to thowant of suflloiont publioity Cpopularlty of tho locality chosen Ceont unable to say, but certain he people of Fitzroy doserve to the privilego of over' hearing hnslu among themtl, when theoy be induced to patronizo suek ALrs, Cgtter, Madamo 8obons, .Heri, Siede;'George Peak, 0.. B; Foster, Da Boa 'ay, and the Deutsche Liedertafol. .Mr. C.' B; 'Foster, tho'boneficiare, is a pianist' 6f some note, having performed 'before Mel bourne.i audiences :on several, occasions, when he invariably acquitted h?nselfiwoll, and his reception on this occasion evidently ishowed' that his . reputation! had preceded him. . Thepieces chosen iby Mr. FostOr'.on Ithis occasion were -Prudent's ";La Traviata" and "Selections on Irish airs," by Di Leora. In the former piece Mr. Foster evidently caught more of the author's 'idea than ...

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ublI.o Compa nios. COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA, LIMITED. COLLINGWOOD BRANCH. The business of this branch is now con. ducted in the NEW PREMISES, 246 &amp; 248 SMITH STREET. EDWIN TOWLE, Manager. COLLINGWOOD POUDRETTE (Guano L and AMMONIA COMPANY (Limited ;Registered. Nominal Capital, £.7000. "In 7000 shares of One pound. Payments 2s. 6d. on application, 6s. on allotment, and liable to calls of 2s. Gd. per month as may be required. Prospectuses, testimonials, and rules may oe had at the office, over No. 1 Collins street cast. This company is formed to carry out in the above district the patented process of Messrs. Hesse and Rummel, for disposing of and utilising animal excreta, as night soil, &amp;o., for the towns of Collingwood and. Fitzroy, under a contract with the local councils and a lease from the Crown. " Ten., ders have beonaccepted for the works. There are a few more shares still for sale. THE PREMIER PERMANENT BUILDING, LAND, AND Investment Association. Registered...

THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. (aY oUU own nIroaTEIL.) AFTER MR. DICKENS' Eye Witness visited the London wine vaults, he rendered two reports for publication in that literary serial, All : the Year, Round, in the first of which he humbly confessed that when he became confused amidst a labyrinth of passages, and had contracted an acquaintance with sundry, butts,. gimlets,. casks, spigots, and bungs, such was the-over powering influence of the subterranean cellair, that his ideas got obliteraited, and he lost his notes; yet, nevertheless, he bequeathed to posterity this proverb: "No man can understand how to drink a glass of wine scientifically until he has passed through a curriculum of dock studies, and matriculated in a wine vault." The fact is, he was intoxicated' with the atmosphere of the establish ment, and affected to have lost, his senses. The case .was very different with the reporter for the Mercury after his recent visit to the Victorian Zoological Gardens,' in the Royal Park, si...

AUNTIE KIRSTY'S VISIT TO GLASGOW. DY ruES AUTHo or OF MATTenW MtoinIsoN." (PRnOM TEs " LEISURE HOUR.") Strangers had disappeared there, and never been heard of again, she had been told; and doctors kept Sresurrectionists in their pay, who were as ready to lay their murdering hands' on the living as to lift the dead. She was a lone woman, and who kent but that they had their eye on her already! And as these thoughts passed through her mind, she began to cast her timor some looks about her, and more than one' waif-looking (disreputable) charac ter she set down as a body-snatcher. " Such fears forced themselves into Auntie Kirsty's mind whether she would or no-for" you see she was altogether landward bred, and in these days there was little communication between the outlying districts and the great towns, and the paekmen were almost the only news-carriers. She really didna ken whether it was better to go on or turn back. She was in an awful 'awither.(doubt); and the very sweat, she sai...

LOCAL NEWS. Viotorian Lodge, B. T.-This lodgo makes steady progress, The roporta of the roespootivo officers ware read, thaQ of the Secretary showed a small Inorease of members for the quarter. And theo' trensuror's report showed a balance of £4 or £5 to the orodit of the lodge, We regret to notice that some of the farmers and dairymen at Preston are sufferers from .anattack of pleuro-pneun. monia among their cattle. An inquest was held, last Monday, by Dr. Youl, at the Norfolk Hotel, Budd street, Collingwood, upon the body of John Ander- son, ten days old, and a verdict of death from suffocation found by the coroner's jury. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; The parishioners of St. Philips' church, "Hoddlo street, East Collingwood, are con. sidering the necessity for enlarging the seat-accommodation of that edifice. Last 'Sunday;'thirty-six'people' had:to-ggo'away,; the interior being over crowded.,, , - - The -parochial committee. of All .Saints Episeopahhiur'pt I oiii;i...

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ALLEGED PERJURY. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; At the Collingwood Police Court, on Tuesday, criminal, proceedings were initi- ated against a family named Utting, for wilful and corrupt perjury, under the fol lowing circumstances: Mr. McKean; MP., conducting the prosecution, and Mr. Gillow appearing for the defence. The facts are as follow :-On March 17th, a man named Francis Spearing was convicted at the Supreme Court, Melbourne, of having, on November 22nd, 1874, unlawfully and carnally abused, or violated, Harriet Utting a child eight years old; for which crime the accused was sentenced by Judge Fellows to ten years imprisonment, and two floggings by the gaol flagellator. This conviction was mainly sustained by the evidence of the child above mentioned, and it would appear that, since the trial, much sympathy has manifested itself towards Spearing, who is now alleged so have been the victim of a diabolical conspiracy; Mr. McKean, in opening the case, stated that the...

POLICE. FITZROY-MONDAY, MAY 3RD. Before Messrs. T, Kidney (chairman), Kneen, Marsden, and Woodhead. Fanny Thornley, a respectable looking &amp;nbsp; young woman, was charged with drunken- ness, and fined 2s. 6d., besides 2s. 6d. costs, or an alternative of six hours. Albert Taaffe on £5 bail, was charged &amp;nbsp; with having been drunk when in charge of a horse and dray at Northcote, at half-past &amp;nbsp; two on Saturday afternoon, and was fined 10s. Ah Gou, an old convicted thief, was re manded until Thursday, on a charge of having stolen a pair of boots. Town Inspector v. Abraham Levi:- &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Summoned for depositing a box in a right of-way, contrary to the regulations, during the hearing of which, Mr. Hyam Hart stated that if the box had contained only 25 lbs weight, it would have been contrary to the Bye-law. Defendant was fined 5s. without costs. Andrew Cohen v. Skinner:-Mr. Gillott, for the plaintiff, stated that this was a procedure, und...

COLLINGWOOD, TUESDAY, MAY 4TH. Before Messrs. Templeton, P.M. Walker (Mayor), W. Kidney, G. B. Hailes, and Marsden. Thomas Gibson for drunkenness, and disorderly conduct, was fined 10s, or, an alternative of 48 hours. Henry Ludlow was brought up to answer a charge of habitual drunkenness, Mr. Gillott appeared for the defendant, who had been found at the corner of Hotham and Ballarat streets, shouting and scream ing. The case was remanded until next Tuesday. The same man was next charged with having committed an unlawful assault upon James Clymer, a mason residing in Forest street. The police records proved that the defendant had been twice con victed for drunkenness, and once for assaulting the police, For this offence he was fined 40s. or committed to gaol for fourteen days. Upon the application of Mr. Gillott, prisoner was admitted to bail, in one surety of £25, for the adjourned case of habitual drunkenness. Catherine Andrew was fined 10s. for having uttered obscene language in a...

FITZROY - THURSDAY, MAY 6. (Before Messrs. Templeton, P.M., Kneen (Mayor), Woodhead, T. Kidney, and Marsden.) Henry Doherty, charged with a common &amp;nbsp; assault upon his wife, promised to be a good husband in future, and was discharged. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; In re Pinsent v. Donovon, there was no appearance. Mauley v. Green.- Verdict for 4s. 3d., and 7s. 6d. costs, on a washing account. Ah Gou, alias Ah Kokh, brought up on remand, charged with stealing a pair of ladies' elastic-side boots, was acquitted, the case being withdrawn ; but the police then prosecuted prisoner under the Vagrant Act, and proved several convictions against him. The man was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labor. Samson Nathan was charged with having insulted the police. Defendant, who had been a tenant of Mr. Snadden's, of the Buck's Head, Napier street, for three years, was fined 40s., or, in default, sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. The fine was &...